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Oh, the bums.

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It's getting to be more of a mess every day.

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Oh, hi there.

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Sam Whipple's my name.

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You've probably never heard of me.

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I don't know why you should have.

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I'm just an ordinary fellow, same as you.

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Got my little dreams, I've got my little fears.

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I see a sign, keep off the grass.

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Well, I keep off.

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Now wait a minute, there is something different about me.

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You see, I invented a time machine.

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That's right, right now you're looking at a real bonafide time traveler.

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I admit it sounds fantastic, but it's really true.

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Let me see now.

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Anyway, I invented this time machine.

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It was crude, but effective.

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My story begins in the city of New York in the office of a great scientist and world

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citizen, Dr. Jarvis, about 100 years from now in the year 2052.

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In the

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year 2052, the whole world stood at the edge of doom.

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Oh, Maddie, any further word?

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Yes, father, from Nomura and Dr. Kulenko.

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What do they say?

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From Nomura, staff and myself have checked and rechecked rising world radioactivity.

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Agree with you on cause, but cannot, repeat, cannot discover any means of stopping it.

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Radioactive count rising, all Asia covered with thick vapor.

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World disaster appears inevitable.

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Goodbye, my old friend, signed Nomura.

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And Kulenko?

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Much the same as Nomura.

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He's particularly bitter in view of the strides this country has made the last 100 years.

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Why have we failed?

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The biggest names in science working on just one problem, the answer negative.

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Oh, that radiation meter sketching out the pulse of a dying world.

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Radio facilities all set up?

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Yes, father, they're ready.

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You go on in one minute.

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How does one tell the whole world that doom is only a few hours away?

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How?

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I don't know how either, but I do know this.

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That in a world of people which in 100 years has learned to live in peace, to understand

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each other, has matured, deserves to know the true facts.

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Fifteen seconds.

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I can't.

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You're a scientist.

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Would you like the true facts withheld from you?

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All right.

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My fellow human beings, what I have to say is based on proven facts.

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You cannot avoid it.

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You must believe it.

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In a few hours, you and I, all our loved ones, the whole earth will be dead.

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In the past few months, you have seen how thick vapors covered your cities and towns,

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your small villages and homes.

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And now I must tell you why this has happened.

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One hundred years ago, at the beginning of the atomic age, when the atom was a plaything

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and the people of the world like wholesome, headstrong people, a certain scientist discovered

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a rare element.

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After investigation, he placed it into a cyclotron and bombarded its atoms.

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A chain reaction resulted.

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A slow, imperceptible reaction.

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The scientist in his calculations made one small mistake, and though he checked and rechecked

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his findings, he never noticed it.

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The chain reaction grew and grew, the entire world slowly becoming radioactive.

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Recently, the count approached a perilous mark at which it is impossible for life to

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survive.

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This point will be reached within the next few hours.

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There is no escape.

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Listen, there is your heartbeat.

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This is an ironic tragedy which has befallen us.

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In the hundred years since 1952, you, the people of the world, have abolished war, disease,

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hatred and bigotry.

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But one tiny mistake committed by those before your time has outweighed all that in the balance

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of fate.

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I cannot give you hope.

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There is nothing.

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Nothing is left.

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There is nothing to do now but wait.

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How much time is there?

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About three and a half hours.

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Let's check back once more.

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Perhaps something escaped us.

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No harm in trying.

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We have nothing to lose.

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You are right.

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Come on.

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We'll start from the beginning.

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We turn the teletype set to June 30th, 1952.

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That's when Dr. Thorne made a mistake.

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Oh, what a wonderful scientific age this has been.

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Through this machine, we can recapture the past, but the future, the future is out of

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reach.

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Now we'll turn the location dial to New York and June 30th, 1952.

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There, watch.

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There, for the fifth time it checks.

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Well, are we all set, Doctor?

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Yes, we're ready.

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Let's start the cyclotron.

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Wait.

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Wait, you've made a mistake.

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Oh, there's no use.

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Married too late to tell them.

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Why, Father, why?

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Look, we've been able to recapture time.

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Why couldn't I go back into the past and make them discover the mistake before they make

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it?

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We cannot change the past.

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Only a human being living before June 30th, 19...

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1952.

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Could prevent this mistake before it happened.

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How could we get somebody from 1952 here?

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They weren't even close to time travel in those days.

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Wait a minute.

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There is one man.

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He's Sam Whipple, I think he's called.

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Yes, before all this happened, I amused myself watching him, a very serious young man, but

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quite amateurish.

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There he is, still walking away.

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Is that a time machine?

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But it looks ridiculous.

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No, no, it's...

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It could never work.

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No, it's all there, it's all there.

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It's only that the wires are not attached to the proper terminals.

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If he could only adjust that, I think...

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I think we could control his arrival through this machine.

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Well, there's my time machine.

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You hear that generator going?

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Well, that's a secret.

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I was trying to generate enough power in my time vest to free me from the gravity of

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time.

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It wasn't easy on the electric bills, I can tell you that.

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Sam?

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Sam?

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I had a sister, older.

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She means well, I guess, but...

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Sam Whipple, are you down there again?

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Sam, don't you hear me?

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I want to talk to you.

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Sam!

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Oh, Sarah, want something?

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Yes, here.

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What about them?

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They're bills, aren't they?

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Of course they're bills.

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Well, pay them.

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With what?

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There's nothing left after paying off for the last bill.

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Sam, it's not easy running a household today on your income.

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Well, I've got some money put away for a new suit and a pair of shoes.

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We could use that.

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And then you'd go to work looking like a hobo.

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And what would Dr. Thorne and the others at the laboratory say to that?

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Oh, I'd rather think they'd say nothing.

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Probably wouldn't even notice me.

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Just a lab assistant.

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Well, if you spent as much time on your work as you do with that infernal machine you get

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someplace, you'd be someone.

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When are you going to give this thing up and stop daydreaming?

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Really, the neighbors are beginning to think you are crazy.

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I assure you, Sarah, I'm really very harmless.

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But as for giving this up, this is what may turn my dreaming into reality.

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As a boy, you were afraid to face things and you still are.

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Yes, I am.

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I don't like myself for it.

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Never did have much gumption.

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Afraid to talk for myself, fight for myself.

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Well, that's why, don't you see?

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I want to give myself a chance in another lifetime, 500, maybe 1,000 years from now.

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Maybe I could do better then.

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You know, someday they're just going to take you away in a straight jacket.

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That's what's going to happen.

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And what about me?

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What's going to happen to me?

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You know, Sarah, I've taken care of you ever since your husband died, haven't I?

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Gave up my college career for it.

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I guess maybe that's why I haven't married either.

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I did think my first duty was to you.

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Well, you better stand back now, Sarah.

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I won't say it, I'm going to try it.

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You might get hurt.

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I guess not this time.

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These wires, if I could only get them straight.

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Sam.

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Sam Whipple.

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The wire on the connection goes on the right.

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Father.

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Mary.

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Father.

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Father.

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I beg your pardon for bursting in like this, but could you tell me where I am?

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He made it.

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Sam Whipple, I'm Mary Jarvis.

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This is my father, Dr. Jarvis.

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Welcome to the hospital.

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Welcome to the 21st century.

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I made it.

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My time machine works.

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I made it.

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Oh, thanks.

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Say, what year is this?

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June 30, 2052.

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Only 100 years.

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I thought I'd go at least a thousand.

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I'm sure it's a long time.

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I just don't know how to use it.

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I think I'll try it.

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It's a little hard to get it right.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I'll try it.

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I thought I'd go at least a thousand.

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Oh, well.

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Say, your clothes, they don't seem much different from ours.

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I thought they'd be kind of...

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Just a bit more comfortable, that's all.

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Mind if I look around?

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Please do.

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Thanks.

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Father, shouldn't we ask him?

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It's almost 3.30.

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Only two more hours.

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I know, but I think we should give Mr. Whipple a chance to get his spirits.

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Say, wait a minute.

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How did you know I was coming?

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The teletimes said you saw.

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Through it we can look back into the past.

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That's how we knew.

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Hey, that's wonderful.

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Say, if I stayed here, do you suppose I could work on things like that and all of this?

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I'm a lab assistant with Dr. Thorne.

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You know him?

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We've heard of him.

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I think if I could get to do some real studying at a good school, I'll never take money, wouldn't

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I?

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That is not necessary.

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The government takes care of everybody's tuition.

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The government?

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Well, how can they afford it?

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What with defense and armies and things like that?

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That's no longer necessary.

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We are at peace with the world.

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You mean no Cold War with any country?

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No.

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We are all the best of friends.

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Yeah, that's wonderful.

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Oh, I could like it here.

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What about diseases?

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We've discovered the cause and cure of cancer, among other things.

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Cancer?

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Well, my father died of cancer.

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Please, I have a favor to ask.

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Is it possible for me to stay in this century, live my life out?

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I'd give value in return.

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I'd work.

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I'd do anything.

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I don't have to worry about my sister, the insurance to take care of her.

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Please, is it possible?

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I think so, but...

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What's that?

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Radiation meter.

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Measures radioactivity.

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Oh, I see.

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We call that a Geiger counter in our time...

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Hey, wait a minute.

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Doesn't that mean there's something radioactive around here?

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The whole world?

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I don't understand.

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A nuclear bombardment in 1952 started a slow chain reaction which had steadily grown into

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an overpowering radioactivity.

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At 3.30, the danger point will be reached.

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The whole world and all in it will die.

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Oh, I don't believe that.

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I can't.

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See for yourself.

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Why do you think the fog is so thick outside?

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But how?

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A mistake?

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Made by your own Dr. Thorne and Mr. Adams.

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A mistake made by Thorne and Adams?

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How can you be sure?

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We saw them at a teletype set.

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If only I'd known.

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You know now.

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Isn't it too late?

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For us, it is.

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There's nothing we can do.

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But this happened in your time, Sam.

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You could stop it.

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You want me to go back?

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Oh, no.

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No, I can't.

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Dr. Thorne's a very important man.

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He wouldn't listen to me.

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Make him, Sam.

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You can make him.

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In the few moments I've been here, I've known more happiness than I've ever known in a lifetime.

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I wish I could stay, if only for this one last hour.

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But it means the whole world's going to die, doesn't it?

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All the people.

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Okay, I'll do it.

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Can you help me get back?

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Yes.

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All right.

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I'll do the best I can.

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And then, if you don't mind, I would like to try and get back here.

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Oh, yes, Sam.

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Please come back.

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Okay, Dr. Jarvis.

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All right.

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Hey, I'm back.

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Sam.

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Hey, where's my umbrella?

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Sam, where have you been?

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Where?

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It worked, Sarah.

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It worked.

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It worked.

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I don't know, Sam.

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Here, help me get this umbrella.

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I don't know, Sam.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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Please, Sam, help me get this off me.

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Sam, what's going on around here?

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I'll tell you later.

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What time is it?

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Ten past three.

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Ten past three.

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That gives me 20 minutes.

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I'll see you later.

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20 minutes for what, Sam?

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You'll have time.

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I've got to hurry.

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Sam.

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Sam.

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There.

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For the fifth time, it checks.

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Well, are we all set, Dr. Thorne?

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Yes, Adams.

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We're ready.

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Let's start the cyclotron.

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No, wait, please.

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You've made a mistake.

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You mustn't.

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Who in thunder is this?

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Say, I know you.

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You're one of those who should go to the bathroom.

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You're one of those who should go to the bathroom.

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Thunder is this? Say, I know you. You're one of the lab assistants. Whipple, I believe.

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That's right, sir. I'm sorry to barge in like this. I hope I didn't startle you.

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Whipple or whatever your name is. What the devil are you talking about?

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I'm sorry, sir. I know it must seem crazy to you, but have you checked? You've made a mistake on your calculations.

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I know you have.

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But you've never seen these papers.

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Yes, sir, I have. A hundred years from now in a teletype set. Dr. Jarvis pointed it out to me.

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Jarvis? A hundred years? Boy, this man's obviously insane. I'm going to throw him out.

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I'm not crazy. You've got to listen to me. Dr. Thorne, have you checked these figures?

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Of course, I've checked and rechecked at least five times.

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Then please check them again. The whole world depends on you.

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Since you know so much, where did I make my mistake?

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I don't know. But I'll tell you this. If you bombard the atom of this element you've been working on, you'll start a slow chain reaction.

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It'll grow and grow, and in a hundred years it'll destroy the whole world.

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All right, Adams. I've heard enough. Let's get going.

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No, you don't! I hope you wouldn't dare.

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Come back!

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Break! Break!

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It's burned! It's burned!

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I think you'll have to check back now.

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I'm sorry to cause you all this extra work, but you did make a mistake, you know.

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What are you...

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Quibble, get out of here and don't ever come back. You're fired!

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You can't fire me. I quit.

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Quit? Quit? Hey, that sounds good.

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I'm going back to the year 2052 where a man can have a future.

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Good day, gentlemen!

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Burned. All burned.

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A mountain of work.

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Guess we'll have to start again.

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Goodness, I wonder, do you suppose I could have made a mistake?

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Hi, Sarah! How's my favorite sister?

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You have gone mad.

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Yep, gone happy and mad.

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Where have you been? Where?

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Oh, I've been over to the laboratory. Told Dr. Thorne he'd made a mistake in his calculations.

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He didn't like it.

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You don't mean he fired you?

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Oh, he tried to, but I wouldn't let him get away with that. I quit.

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Quit?

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Yep.

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How will you live?

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Well, I've taken care of all that. I'm going back into the future, and I guess in that case the insurance company is considering me dead.

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So that'll leave enough money to make you comfortable.

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Well, goodbye, Sarah. Here we go.

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Sam Whipple, you're not going anywhere.

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I've seen to that. One of us has to have a head on our shoulders.

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Yes!

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Oh, no!

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I've smashed the machine.

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No.

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Maybe now you'll wake up and act your age.

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Oh, Sarah. Why? Why, Sarah?

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Can't you see it was destroying your life? I did it for you, Sam.

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Now come along upstairs. Come on, like a sensible person, and I'll make us both some coffee.

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I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here.

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Mary Jarvis, I'm not coming back. I can't.

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Sam. Sam Whipple, I know you're not coming back, and I'm sorry.

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Well, Sam, I know you feel small and ridiculous, but you're not, Sam.

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You're a great man. You've saved the world.

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Someday children will read about you in their history books.

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Sam Whipple, who came out of the past and gave us the future.

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Well, there's my story.

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I don't know why anybody should call it fantastic, do you?

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But it is a funny thought, isn't it, to go through life with people thinking you're just a nobody,

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and then in a hundred years to have your great-great-grandchildren coming across your name in a history book as being quite a fella.

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Oh, why don't I catch you up to date before you go?

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As you can imagine, I felt pretty low down after all this happened.

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Yeah, pretty low down.

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But then Dr. Thorne discovered he had made that mistake,

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and, well, he looked me up and apologized very handsomely.

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He still can't figure out, though, how I knew about the mistake.

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Anyway, he gave me a darn good job.

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Tie machine.

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No, I never did try to fix it.

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Somehow, I don't know how, I seemed to change quite a bit then.

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Oh, I used to go out more than I used to.

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More get up and go.

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Well, I even had enough gumption to go to a party one day at a friend's house.

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Met a very nice girl there. Her name was Ruth.

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Funny thing, though, first time I met Ruth,

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why, she reminded me a little of Mary Jarvis.

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Well, anyway, Ruth and I, we hit it off fine,

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and after a little while, she did me the honor of becoming Mrs. Whipple.

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Just goes to show, I guess, a fella can have his future in his own lifetime, too.

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Oh, hi, honey.

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Well, I guess it's time to go now, so pleasant dreams.

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